Study models provide vital information about your patient's teeth and occlusion. The information given by a study model includes accurate replication of the teeth and the surrounding soft tissues. Our service adds a traditional ortho study model base and prepares the STL files for your printer.
For Ortho Study Model Cases, we will always need the Upper and lower STL, along with the patient photos. Photos are not required, but are recommended.
All files will be placed in one folder, and then compressed into a zipped folder. You will manually drag and drop the zipped folder to the 3Shape Design Service Platform.
1. Place your files in a folder
2. Then right-click, and send to the compressed zipped folder
Instructions for uploading your case to the platform:
1. Once this file is exported, open Google Chrome and log into your 3Shape Design Service Account: https://design.3shape.com/signin
2. There are two ways to upload your case:
- You can drag and drop the .zip file into the platform.
- Or click on the “New Cases” button to Browse for the folder:
Case instructions:
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Indication -
Ortho Study Model - As soon as you select this indication, the Turnaround time will auto-select to 24 hours.
- Destination - In-House or Integrated Manufacturer
- Name - Patient first + last name
- Arches - Select one or both or add in the case instructions the information.
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Instructions - Any implants or crowns we need to know about.
Send the case for design:
Once all steps have been completed you are ready to send. Just click on the blue paper airplane to submit case by case or click on "Send All Cases" to send several cases for design at the same time.
Once the case is designed you will get it back for review and all the files will be available for you to download.
IMPORTANT: If you would like to receive the Ortho Report for your cases, please include the request in the case instructions. If this is for all cases, you can set this up by following the steps outlined in this article:
If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out to our Customer Support team.
You can email us at designservices@3shape.com, call us at +1 602-688-4133, or use our Live Chat feature, available Monday - Friday, from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm (MST).
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